Michael Bay?...You're kidding me...!

Rating: 8/10 (16 December 2016)

Is the first thing that comes to my mind when i think about The Island, because this movie is so amazing that i can't get together that it's from the same guy who made Bad Boys and Transformers...
Which is a big compliment, because this is, without a doubt, his best film, but sadly also the reason he now does nothing else then Transformers, because this movie didn't made it all that well at the box-office....but Toys do...
The story is really interesting and works fairly well, it's a kinda mix out of The 6th Day and Logan's Run (which i both also enjoy).
The special effects are so great that my mom thought this movie was new and wondered why it's on live-TV already...
The action is also great as always (mostly the Freeway chase scene) BUT, like the story, also untypical for a Bay-flick, is that the main Protagonist never use guns or anything to directly kill anyone, because that would go against their characters...which is mind blowing if you think about it...
Also the actors are all very good, especially Ewan McGregor (who also played Dr. Sam Foster in "Stay" and Obi-Wan Kenobi in "Revenge of the Sith" in the same year!) and Scarlett Johansson who are incredibly believable as two clones who aren't even teenagers if you think about it.
A weakness of the movie is the fast pacing which let's no room for real dramatic tension, many scenes wrap up very quickly and the characters often have no chance to properly react to the strange things which are going on around them...
But apart from this, it's a very entertaining, thought provoking, sci-fi-actioner, and Michael Bays best effort...